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Is The Latest Lawsuit From FilmOn’s Alki David Full Of Hot Aereo?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 2:12pm PSTTags: Aereo, Aereokiller, Alki David, BarryDriller.com, FilmOn

I’m getting a headache trying to keep track of FilmOn‘s Alki David feud with Aereo, and especially the lawsuits over who has the right to use different corporate names. David’s already defending himself in a suit filed by IAC chief Barry Diller, a major Aereo backer, over a web site David created called BarryDriller.com (it now seems to be defunct); major TV networks also sued David’s streaming service called Aereokiller. Here’s the latest: Yesterday he filed suit at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles alleging that Aereo misappropriated its company name. The story begins in early 2011 when electronics manufacturer Hauppauge Computer Works introduced a product called “WinTV-Aero-m” — it’s a tuner that plugs into computer USB ports so users can watch over-the-air digital TV. FilmOn began to market it about a year ago. And what do you know? This week Hauppauge assigned the trademark for “Aero” to FilmOn. In the new lawsuit, FilmOn charges that Aereo is “seeking to unfairly capitalize on the success of WinTV-Aero-m” hoping to “cause consumer confusion.” Aereo allegedly is attempting to “free-ride off the valuable goodwill developed and associated with the name ‘Aero.’” FilmOn wants the court to stop Aereo from using its name, and to pay unspecified damages. Aereo says that David’s suit ”is not only baseless but frivolous and [the company] will respond to it, as appropriate.”

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UPDATE: Fox Responds To Countersuit By Streaming Tech Firm FilmOn

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 8, 2012 @ 5:05pm PSTTags: Aereokiller, BarryDriller.com, FilmOn, Fox Broadcasting

UPDATE, 9:24 AM: Fox put out a statement today in response to the trade libel lawsuit FilmOn filed against them Thursday:

Although we have not seen the suit we welcome the opportunity to let the court determine the legitimacy of Mr. David’s business practices.

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Appeals Court Upholds Ban On TV Streaming Service IVI

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 27, 2012 @ 4:19pm PDTTags: Aereo, BarryDriller.com

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court injunction that barred early streaming service IVI from rebroadcasting network and TV station signals over the Internet. IVI, which launched in 2010, had argued that it was the same as a cable system and should be allowed to retransmit the signals … Read More »

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Barry Diller Sues Alki David Over BarryDriller

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday August 22, 2012 @ 10:40am PDTTags: Aereo, Alki David, Barry Diller, BarryDriller.com

Barry Diller is taking BarryDriller to court. In a 12-page complaint filed against Alki David and BarryDriller.com Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court (read it here) the media mogul alleges David is using his name to profit … Read More »

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